Cool Info-graphics of the Week [Sep 5]
Once every week Pointy Haired Dilbert celebrates the art of chart making by sharing 4-5 of the best info-graphics featured in various web sites. Click here to see the visualizations featured earlier. Anatomy of a Great Speech – Obama’s acceptance speech at DNC Presentation Zen captures Obama’s symphony like acceptance speech in a graph shown […]
Microcharting in Excel – 7 Alternatives Reviewed
With each passing day the amount of information contained in a single spreadsheet, slide, document is growing. Thanks to demanding bosses, clients and colleagues, we are now supposed to provide all the relevant information in as much less space as possible. This is where micro charting or light weight data exploration has become a rage. […]
Initials from Names using Excel Formulas
Often when you are processing customer records or doing mail merge, it might be useful to get initials from a given name, like JFK for John F Kennedy. You can do this using simple text formulas (left(), mid(), find()) combined with if(). Here is how: Assuming cell B3 has the full name, then this is […]
What they dont teach you in any school – Appreciation
Back when I was doing MBA, one of the first courses we took was called MOC (Managerial Oral Communication). The idea of the course is simple. Each of the 60 students in class would give a 12 minute presentation on any topic of their choice to everyone. Then everyone has 8 minutes to provide suggestions, […]
Excel links of the week – weekend without wire [Aug 26]
Last Saturday our internet connection at home went off. I called the road runner folks hoping to getting it back up, but no luck. We were told to wait till Monday evening before the service personnel could restore the connectivity. Thankfully, we didnt feel all that bored and could spend lot of time talking to […]
5 wonderful visualizations you must see [Aug 22]
Every week Pointy Haired Dilbert celebrates the art of chart making by sharing 5 of the most beautiful, innovative and effective infographic ideas from various sites. Click here to see the visualizations featured earlier. Pop, Soda or Coke? – Countywise terms used for sweetened carbonated water The pop-vs-soda map tells how marketers have been effective […]
Tiger Woods walks on water to please a fan – Awesome advertising
Look at the power of conversation. A fan posted on youtube showing an apparent glitch in Tiger Woods 08 video game that you can walk on water to hit a golf ball. What did Electronic Arts and Tiger Woods do? They post a response to that video advertising Tiger Woods 09 saying that “its not […]